Alternative spellings of this word include Chitratandula.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Citratandula in India is the name of a plant defined with Embelia ribes in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Antidesma ribes (Burm. f.) Raeusch. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
· FBI (1882)
· Natural history (1877)
· Flora Indica (1768)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Citratandula, for example health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Citrataṇḍula (चित्रतण्डुल).—a medicinal plant said to possess anthelmintic virtues.

Derivable forms: citrataṇḍulam (चित्रतण्डुलम्).

Citrataṇḍula is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms citra and taṇḍula (तण्डुल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Citrataṇḍula (चित्रतण्डुल).—mfn. subst.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) A medicinal plant, said to possess anthelmintic virtues: see viḍaṅga. E. citra wonderful, and taṇḍula grain. citraḥ taṇḍulaḥ asya . viḍaṅge .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Citrataṇḍula (चित्रतण्डुल):—[=citra-taṇḍula] [from citra > cit] m. Embelia Ribes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Citrataṇḍulā (चित्रतण्डुला):—[=citra-taṇḍulā] [from citra-taṇḍula > citra > cit] f. idem, [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 1, 112.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Citrataṇḍula (चित्रतण्डुल):—[citra-taṇḍula] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. m. f. n. A medicinal plant, a vermifuge.

[Sanskrit to German]

Citratandula in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Citra, Tandula.

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